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FEDERATION PROBLEMS

THE Secretary of State for

TH

the Colonies, Mr Lennox- Boyd, has refuted a sugges tion that Britain ja vaing) the Communist threat to atop

Singapore merging

with the Malayan Federa tion when the Colony gainis: Independence this year, The suggestion has been matle before, but the question remains "dues the future of Singapore and Malsys

togelber

Geographically

t?"

it reenis

logical that there should be a union although a better idea might well be a merger on a wider basis taking in

Ordered After Ferdi

Report From

Ship's Sparks

An extra portable lifeboat radio was ordered

to be put on board the schooner, lan Crouch, it was revealed by Mr W. R. K. Collings, Assistant Director of Marine, when he testified this morning before the Marine Board of Inquiry investiga- ting the disappearance of the schooner.

He said that he instructed representative the shipowners

the British North Borneo to do this after

territories

Southeast tion.

to Asinn

a

form

Federa- The prospects of any type of noment federation at 1

a report from

the ship's radio operator.

The 500-ton schooner, which Cheoy by the Was built here

Ian Crouch of Adelaide, left for Lid Lee Shipyard for Australia on her maiden voyage ore slender is 1. dificul- on September 28 last year.

ties

confronting

both

Except for

[1

radio messapt

day, giving her

Malaya's Chief Minister, the following

Tengk

Rahman, position Abdul

as 05 miles southeast

and Singapore's Lim Yew of Hongkong, there has been no

to news of her."

Hock, will alto years iren out. They also have more immediate problemas to tackle.

Tengku Abdul Rahman has made it clear that the more politlenlly unstable Sing- pore becomes the less like- ly Malaya will welcome closer ties with the Colony after It has attained self- government.

Indications

THERE are indications that Lim Yew Hock might lose the next election but both he

his and

The fir witness today was Cap!. D. 1. compass

and Clarke.

Wilson, certified associated adjuster

The Compass

Collapse

After

Lunch

Adelaide, Feb. 3.

Australian

with the firm of Carmichnet in an after-lunch sensation bowlers the put England in a very dificult position when their batsmen collapsed before an Australian on- slaught.

was

Capt, Wilson bid that

1938, he September 15. called by phone to the Pacific Istand Shipbuilding Co, to adjust the compass of the lan Crouch. of his Arsi On completion attempt at adjustment; he found

-8 deviation . existed and

With nine for 188, England is

that this could not be eliminated, almost certain to have to follow

I told the ship's master aid on

in the fourth day of the

the owners' representative, Mr Fourth Test match. Gralg, that larger spheres woukl strongest be necessary for the compass.

Englund, 116 for three aver- Capt. Wilton said his advice opponent, Lee Kuan Yew,

followed, and night, were 170 without further are agreed that Singapore's was ultimately

cheek and loss at lunch in reply to Austra- full independence can only he was asked to

in's first innings score of 470. adjust the compass again. has be realised when it

On September 20, he again Leen merged with Mainya boarded the Ian Crouch. In the meantime, from the result of his second adjustment British viewpoint it is was satisfactory in all respecte, important that Singapore The remaining deviations were relles on Britain in matters of a very minor nature.

foreign of delence and

Th

The

But after lunch, Cowdrey was clean bowled by Itorke for 84. He was followed by Gravency who was caught behind for 41. Then Truemon was caught for a duck. Lock and Tyson fol- Replying to a question from lowed and England were eight

Then Evans en the Board, Capt. Wilson said for 184.

affairs because of the air-

fields and the naval base.

Two Cranes

British Government two cranes had already been caught for four-Reuter,

Csmonwealth

and

Zealand New

which must not

ain that defence is atted on the vessel at the time

interest adjusted the compass. which involves Australia Mr W. . K. Collings said in May 1956 an and evidence that in

application was received in re- jettisoned. Fortunately spect of the Inn Crouch for a there is no disagreement on survey to be made with a view to oblatn a temporary pasa this point. So there is no suggestion that Singapoor the vessel's voyage to Aus-

will be left to stand on own. It is the interl

tralia,

then in

the

The ship was is Cheoy Lee Shipyard, he said. problem that Malaya Later he met Mr Craig and dis-

concerned about.

Tengku

cussed the vessel with him in Mr Craig had Any dinidenco on

General levina

load-line "Abdul Rahman's part applied also fur towards a federation may certificate, although the discus-

the stons did not tu fact that in the Federation question particuinrly.

be

put down

of Malaya, Chinese and Malays are evenly balanced while in Singapore the Chinese population is about 80 per cent of the total.

Favour Chinese

Uthram for would

+

centre on this

Subsequently, there was an of letters. He - exchange

lead to Mr Graig that the esset would fall within the de- finition of a steamship and not a saillog vessel,

that

weight the combined terri- she cleared from Hongkong

sald he advised Mr Witness Craig that having regard to the horsepower of the engine-ID-

tory In Chinens

of the favour with the cun-

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wal

Ferdinand the Bull waa feeling lonely-until ho saw two young holfors in a nearby field.

To get to them, he forced his way out of his own, field and crossed

stream.

Wooing

But unknown to Fordinand

10-hundredweight pedigrço Hereford-in. the comer of the field was a wall Bft doep by 5ft wide. And in he' alipped.

Ho stayed thoro for 24 hours until discovered. 'As you can seo, it took heavy lifting gear from a nearby garage to get him out. It all hap pened in Banbury, Eng- land.Express Photo.

It Wasn't The Horse's Fault, Audrey Says

Hollywood, Feb. 2.

Petite Audrey Hepburn, looking like a teenager and smiling despite an injured back, returned to filmland today from Mexico where she was hurt in a fall from a white stallion while making a movie.

Rainier's Tough Man' Plans To Give Women The Vote In Monaco

Monte Carlo, Feb. 2.

Prince Rainier's new Prime Minister was reported today to be planning to give the vote to women in an effort to bolster the Prince's position in the world's tiniest-political crisis.

Voles for women, It was be- lieved, would support Rainier's position among his subjects and to his 33- swing them further man legislature.

ruler since

close

to

from

An ambulance plane brought brate." He assured Ferrer there Gin the 30-year-old, blue-eyed film was to danger of paralysis.

played Ferrer, who Met star, her husband, actor

with his wife on the Ferrer, a nurce and personal Rummy

trom Durango, return fight, said she was not back maid Mexico, in a seven-hour flight. wearing a bandage er tape on

"I feel fine," she said. "Just her injured back. fine. I'm perfectly all right.

"The doctor thought it betler

I'll stay here for four weeks and to let the body, take care of t then return to Durango."

said.

she's in excellent

selt naturally," Ferrer Ferrer disputed his wife's "Fortunately qulp that "it only hurts when I physical shape."U.P.I. iough."

WON'T ADMIT IT

"She's in pain every minute,"

Ferrer said, She won't say

The Erustel-bom

and won't admit."

actress,

wearing a blue cardigan sweater and red ribbon in her hair, was

the

ONLY HALF OF WORLD'S

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THE LEADER TO 71 COUNTRIES

European Fined $800 On Driving Counts

E. R. Evans, a senior civilian officer of the H.M. Naval Dockyard, was fined $800 or four months by Mr E. Corbally at Central Magis- tracy this morning when he pleaded guilty to two summonses of dangerous driving and failing to stop after an accident.

Evans, was also disqualified trom driving for six months,

Mr Cor- Imposing the fine.

Ken-

WGS

bally sald that dangerous driv- ing was an elastic offence. In the worst cases, even though It Was a Arst offence, a tence of imprisonment simply justified. However, he did not think that the present case was one of the worst.

Risks

"Defendant was driving erra- tically and taking unjustifiable risks which created a dangerous

situation to other road users, but he was also making some efforts to correct his driving fedis," Mr Corbally caid.

Mr J. C. B, Slack, of Messrs Hastings and Co., who repre- sented the defendant, said the defendant had been driving for 30 years, including two years in the Colony, and the only traffic offence against him was driving in a one way street in Landon, he being a stranger in London at the time.

Dulles May Have New Proposals

On Germany

Washington, Feb. 2. Senator J. William Ful- bright sald tonight Secre- tory of State, John Foster Dulles, was seriously con- sidering possible counter- proposals to Russia on the German question but feared it would be hard to get the allies to agree. The Arkansas Democrat, in- of the in- coming Chairman

Foreign Ite-

sald

that Auential Senate Jatlons Committee,

Mr Slack said the defendant | among other things Mr. Dulles would shortly leave Hongkong was considering the question of in April and would undertake whether a high-level East-West never to drive any vehicle in meeting would be worthwhile. the Colony again.

Mr Dulles leaves tomorrow for Europe to discuss the Berlin Meanwhile in London, a visit crisis with Allied lenders.

to the

Insp. E. B. Webster, prosecut ing, said on the early morning ut last Christmas Eve, the de- fendant was seen driving a p-by the Soviet cnvoy vate car along Garden Hoad on Foreign Office today sparked a flurry of fresh speculation about When the wrong alde.

the possible Moscow trip by the vohleles appeared from opposite direction, the swerved to Prime Minister, Harold Mne

milla. the left

then went into Magazine Gap Rond. He was followed by a witness in his en car.

DID

When near a bend, the de fendant's vehicle drove on its correct side, Insp. Webster said, Just over 200 yards west of the (Contd. on Back Page, Col. 5)

The Soviot Charge D'Affaires, Alexi Kochschin, called on the Selwyni Secretary, Foreign Lloyd, for a 15-minute visit on Tuesday in the absence of the Ambassador, Jacob Soviet

is in Moscow Malik, who UP.I.

Ambe wa ficar

Loch Ness Monster Sighted Again

ing

London, Feb. 2.

tosh, said the creature moved off without leaving the least ripple on the surface of the water.

The famous Loch Ness monster mystery was Tevived today when an Automobile Associa- tion patrolman reported, see-Although it was evening, the iky was clear and fight, and who and brea Mackintosh, patrolling the same spot- for, live years without seeing a trace of the "monster", sald there could be no question of doubt na to what he had soon. -France-Fre650.

an 11-foot eat brown whito creature with a dull head close to Brumadruchit at the north eastern end of the Loch, which cuts through northern Scotland from the Irish Sea to the North Se#. The patrolman, James Mackin-

ZENITH

Presenting twin-engine CHILDREN GO

taken from ambulance pične, placed in bmbulance and

AB

to her:

Beverly Hill's home. to be

TO SCHOOL

tu

Laken

The point was raised as a

Princess Grace was believed the Monegasque

She Bald she hoped result of a letter from Mr Graig

Parla yesterday.

back on location in Durango in

United Nations, Feb. 2. making to finish Pelletler gave no public hint four weeks

for liccht- Only a little more than half INDER these conditions to the Morine Department ad- to have had a hand in suggest Pelletters arrival here

vising of the manning seale that ing the move,

of what his reform measures

"The Unforgiven" Lancaster-Hill-productions,ut the wor's children go might include.

suffered

a school, according to a United Miss Hepburn the But cources

of the key fractured back last Wednesday Nations report today. one Palace said

French in a fall from a stallion but she the former πιονα

"It wasn't the horse's fault. I Cauthet Minister had in mind exonerated the horse.

had NEW JOB

was, to give Monaco's svomen

was riding bareback and nothing to hang onto except his Emile Pelletier, until recently the right to vote: head of ull French police -as

sald. mane-not even a bridle," she de Gaulle's, Calculations for stablity would General Charles

sequent risk of a awin proximately 480 GHP it would

towards Communism.

the other hand

munist Singapore

a

On

be necessary for the vessel to be Com-monned in accordance with the

n

na A requirements for a steamship.

separate entity might prove

dienstrous to Malaya

Stability

because of its geographical diferent if the vessel was Interior Minister, got down to position whereas a cóm- Lined administration would cleared as a sailing able, he said. his new job as Monaco's Minis

He lunched with the Princs in his arst official contact with

even- ter of State today. Mr Collings cald that be more able to cape than tually the vessel was finished As a result of and fitted out. governments. two separate

a report from his radio sur- Although Lim Yow Hock has

shown that subversion can veyor, he structed the ship- ban owners' representative to install bo controlled and declared himself against an extra portable Hieboat radio any form of Communist on board.

On September 24, 1930, ha discussion with activities the fact remains tearned after

that there is still an element te ship surveyor, Mr Rawson,

of political instability la that the

Ian Crouch Wa3

The handsome, 35-year-old Palaler has long been in favour of amending the constitutional provision that makes his 308 acro principality one of the 12 countrica in the world that nilil refuse woman suffrage--UP.I.

PHISHKUYLIKÄTEN SKIRS

wern

A world rurvey of education prepared by the United Nations Educational, Belentille. and Chil- tural Organization (UNESCO) expanding more rapidly also found that school facilities than populations.

The document, covering 1,385 A specialist flown to Mexico

scven and wriglung

that an CS- to examine Miss Hepburn dia-

her injury as a "trac-pagos gnosed

processes of pounds, 'reported furda tranverse

five to 15 did not aged from four separate lumbar verte timated 200 million children attend school - out of a total of 550 million children in that ago group.-Neuter.

Talking About Horses At 4am!

London, Fab. 2. polics today with "wasting *lectricity."

the Colony which cojot be suspectext of being in a "falling" | David Hart, 44, was charged by attractive to Tengku Abdul salon, Rahman. The best that can

Me Hawaon tole. him

Inter

be hoped for in the fore-that the lealing was due to the Meeable future is nothing prorence of water in the main Ho more then economie integra-hold and the engine, and that tlon or an Agropment on to have the water pumped t interdependence which would beseft mil.

(Could, en Brok Faro, Odi, #) }.

he was making arrangeinouts

was telephoning Beetland Yard at 4k.m. and talking about harsan, A

A policeman pkw'Hart in a phone booth making the salt. The policemen wald In Bourt shint:

Hart was talking to Beotland Yard, and told him, “we were talking about horaes.". Bootland Yard apparently didn't want to talk about horses at

Be. Hash was booked. The charges ware "wating" diestrisity, 68. longtha to the Postmaster.' General and pending a falso

message by telephone to cause InDonvenience and annoyance.” The Postmaster-General is in sharge of Britain'e telephono salam. Pollesman Roland Gray told the court that Hari peraikiantly went into poilos elstiene at sil -harm and gave inige informa- | tion about avgidents and erline,

He Was 'Robbed"!

Greenwich: Tots 3/ Isiah G. Hamilton, 89, was Aned £2 today for defying a policmian by dialing 999, emerguity Scotland Yard's telephone number, and shouting "I've been robbed!" after ha put two shillings in andųkimatta olgarette machine Hund nothing came out"-U.P.t.

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